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<dc:title>119 S2685 IS: Department of War Restoration Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-09-02</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 2685</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20250902">September 2, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S346">Mr. Lee</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S404">Mr. Scott of Florida</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S396">Mrs. Blackburn</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSAS00">Committee on Armed Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To redesignate the Department of Defense the Department of War.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Department of War Restoration Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8813281956e14130b6b143f2e363cdb0"><enum>2.</enum><header>Redesignation of Department of Defense as Department of War</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88d7b1cf3a7442488bea5d60a6693c4a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Department of War</header><text>The Department of Defense is hereby redesignated the Department of War.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idebdd5ca94c8247509429b40442924257"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Secretary of War</header><text>The head of the Department of War, as redesignated by subsection (a), is the Secretary of War.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd229ca598cd64f3aa0963d66846f4f89"><enum>(c)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any reference to the Department of Defense or the Secretary of Defense in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer and apply to the Department of War and the Secretary of War, respectively.</text></subsection></section></legis-body></bill> 

